JUDGMENT

Vincent Ng J:

Preamble

Enclosure 32 is the defendant's appeal against the decision of the learned senior assistant registrar on 10 May 2002, dismissing the defendant's application videsummons in chambers dated 13 December 2001 (encl. 27A).

The relevant prayers sought by the defendant in the said application are as follows:

1. that the plaintiff do within 30 days from the date of the order:

(a) make and file an affidavit by one of its directors or officers stating whether it has or has at any time had in its possession, custody or power the documents described in the Schedule below and if any of the said documents are not now in its possession, custody or power stating when it parted with the same and what has become of the same; ...

2. that the plaintiff do within 30 days from the date of the order:

(a) cause to be bound and paginated a copy of all the documents described in the Schedule below which are now its possession, custody or power and serve a copy of the bound documents on the defendant; and ...

Schedule

All the:

(a) quotations secured by the plaintiff from the carrier(s) and issued by the carrier(s) to the plaintiff;

(b) purchase orders issued by the plaintiff to